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Vegan animal advocate Thomas “Tommy” Bloom Raskin,  25

February 8, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Second young activist suicide in six months raises profile of “compassion fatigue” Vegan animal advocate Thomas “Tommy” Bloom Raskin,  25,  died by suicide on New Year’s Eve 2020. His death,  a shock to hundreds of family,  friends,  and acquaintances,  rekindled an ongoing discussion of depression and suicides among committed activists that had barely simmered down […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Alex Hershaft, Jamie Raskin, Merritt Clifton, Sarah Bloom Raskin, Shimon Shuchat

Shimon Shuchat, 22, & Dick Goddard, 89, had animal advocacy in common

August 8, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

New York City activist & Cleveland weather forecaster were each legends in their spheres             NEW YORK CITY,  CLEVELAND––One of the youngest prominent animal advocates in the Northeastern U.S.,  Shimon Shuchat,  22,  and one of the oldest,  Dick Goddard,  89,  died a week apart,  on July 28 and August 2,  2020,  in New York City […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Judaism, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Alex Hershaft, Bernard Unti, Donny Moss, Karen Davis, Matthew McGowen, Mei Zheng, Nadia Schilling, Rina Deych, Vincent Di Santo

Did Holocaust imagery convince my vegan rabbi?

October 26, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

by Barbara Kay Activism in a noble “rights” cause has its satisfactions and its frustrations. It feels good to join in solidarity with like-minded people in spreading a righteous message,  but it is difficult to accept the frequent reality that most people aren’t paying attention to it. Urgency & shock tactics When the cause is […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Judaism, Meat issues, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Alex Hershaft, Henry Spira, I.B. Singer, PETA, Robert Kalechovsky

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